Danny McDevitt vs. Bruce Walton — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Walton
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Bruce Walton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny McDevitt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.4 and WHIP 1.616 compared to 8.21 and 1.794 for Bruce Walton. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bruce Walton

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
7.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.7
6.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
11.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.91
11.91
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.97
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
4.76
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.971
0.971
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.67
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
43.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.765
1.765
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
37.59
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.15
43.15

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bruce Walton

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
7.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.32
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bruce Walton

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
16200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA